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but, not thinking them of any value, run 
Iris fork through them ; his curiosity being 
excited, however, at finding the fourth, 
he showed it to his master, who kindly 
sent it to me. T have ordered the ‘ In- 
telligencer,’ and shall be happy to use 
every endeavour to get it more generally 
known, which I feel sure is the only 
thing required to ensure a large in- 
crease of subscribers. — W. H. Harwood, 
St. Peter’s Street, Colchester. 
Captures at Chichester. — On Monday, 
September 6th, I went to a clover field 
by the sea-side, about two miles from 
here, in search of Edusa or llyale. I 
could not obtain the latter (I suppose it 
is too late), but captured six males of 
Edusa (some rather worn) and one fine 
female, — the beautiful white variety 
figured in Westwood. Was it not sup- 
posed to be confined to the neighbour- 
hood of Dover? [No.] Acrida Viridis- 
sima rose from the clover, looking, at first 
sight, like a bird, but escaped me; two 
others have been taken near here lately, 
which I have seen alive. — William 
Henry Draper, Chichester ; Sept. 7. 
Thecla Betulce at Darenth Wood . — 
Yesterday, at Dareuth Wood, I captured 
a pair of Theda Betulce, and saw several 
others, but was unable to catch them. 
A friend took a female specimen of Colias 
Hyale near the wood. Whilst riding in 
the train this morning I noticed a pair 
of C. Edusa on the railway bank at Black- 
heath. — E. G. Baldwin, Albany House, 
Barnsburij Park ; September 7. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A specimen of 
this insect was brought to me on Satur- 
day ; it was taken on some damp linen, 
which had been hanging out late : a 
similar occurrence happened Inst year. 
Query, might not wet linen be made a 
means of capture? — J. J. Reeve, New- 
haven, Sussex; September 7. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A female speci- 
men was taken here on the 1 Oth instant. 
1''. P. Johnson, Woodlands, Sidmouth, 
Devon; September 12. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A fine specimen 
was taken a few days since in this village ; 
it perched on a woman’s shoulder, as she 
was taking in her washed clothes, and, 
half frightened by the “ great thing,” she 
ruthlessly seized it by the wings, and for 
ever destroyed its beauty. — H. D’Or- 
ville, Alphinglon, near Exeter ; Sept. 14. 
Duplicate Pupa:. — I have several fine 
reared pupaj of S. Liguslri, which I 
should be glad to exchange for those 
of S. Pavonia-minor . — Francis Latch- 
more, 75, High Street, Slrood, Kent ; 
September 8. 
Captures near Brighton. — Since I last 
wrote I have taken several Hyale and a 
number of Edusa, which last is now 
abundant here. Among them I have 
captured a very fine specimen of the 
pale variety of the female Edusa, and a 
beautiful insect it is, the pale ground- 
colour and spots contrasting finely with 
the intensely black hind-margin. The 
last Hyale I saw consisted of a male and 
female, which I found in a lucerne field 
near the railway between Hove and 
Shoreham, on August 31st. I suspect 
that this wet weather has quite finished 
them, and has doubtless put a stop to 
Edusa’s dancing for a time. At Lewes, 
on August 29tli, Gnophos pullaria was 
not uncommon, and Hipparchia Sonde 
was abundant. I may as well mention 
that I have no good duplicates, as it may 
save some people the trouble of writing 
for them. At Worthing, on the 4th inst., 
I found, crawling on the bare gravel of 
the public Esplanade, a hairy, orange 
larva, which instantly reminded of the 
larva of Stilpnotia Salicis ; I there- 
fore concluded it was Diphthera Orion, 
and boxed it forthwith, lest it should 
be sent to the land of shades by the 
pressure of some seaman’s enormous 
boot or a delicate bull’ slipper: having 
neglected to remove it from my col- 
lecting-box that evening, 1 found the 
next morning that it had constructed a 
neat orange cocoon, into which it had 
